Homepage for Replacing and Certifying Documents

Homepage for Replacing and Certifying Documents
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What We Do
Replace Documents
We
provide copies of records for life events
that happened in a foreign country. These documents include birth, death, and marriage records we issued.
Certify Documents
We
certify documents for use overseas
. We add apostilles and authentication certificates to documents. The country where you will use the document determines the certificate you need.
If you need to authenticate a document that we issued, go to our
Vital Records Office
webpage. These documents include birth, death, or marriage records.
Requesting a Life Event Document
Get Birth Records
Get Death Records
Get Marriage Records
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Certify your Document for Use Overseas
Request Authentication Services
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